- I found this cool new indie band called Splinters on my Tongue.
- Dude, that is so August 2004. Splinters on my Tongue sold out and now they play huge stadiums. I found this cool new indie band, Sarcastic Orgasm.
- Dude, SO is completely corporate now. They moved out of their parents’ basement and now they play in a high school gymnasium. Everyone’s heard of them. I found this cool new indie band called Placenta. They haven’t even been born yet. Eventually they’ll be discovered--like, after they’re alive and learn to play instruments and stuff.
- Cool. Hey--is that a Smashmouth CD you’ve got there?
- Oh yeah. But I listen to it in this very half-hearted ironic way. I can totally keep that balance without actually liking it.
- Cool. Hey, let’s get some stethoscopes and listen to our stomachs growl.
- Cool. I love that low-fi sound.
It all depends on who you’re making the mix for. If you’re trying to woo a hot date, then it’s a tricky situation. In those cases, I always throw in at least one totally corporate stinker. Just to show him that I’m neither a snob nor too old to be ironic.
Thank you. I am not the only unhip music loser on the interweb. I have accepted that I am tragically uncool when it comes to web-approved indie music, but I am alright with that. Just play me something that doesn’t suck.
I’ll have to echo Bendy’s sentiments on this one. It’s all good if it sounds good!
Placenta is just a lame spinoff band. Afterbirth is the band to follow.
I thought the umbilical cord was the band (or is that string?) to follow?
When Hot Ovum and Cool Wriggler merge, I bet the resulting band will make beautiful music together.
P.S. Let me know if there really are bands with those names. Could be so far as I know!
Just saw the “I’m a soul boy, I’m a dole boy. I take pleasure from leisure; I believe in joy.” P-block. I guess I’m not the only one who has the Wham! - Fantastic CD! I feel so validated. Unless you have the album, in which case I am seriously deranged…
All I have is the mp3, actually.
What’s a “P-block”? Besides a kidney stone.
I’ve always been a few years behind. I like it there.
I work at a college that has one of the top college radio stations in the country. So, I listen (until my ears bleed) then go home to refresh myself and get centered, with REM.
Yeah, I’m THAT old!
oh, greg. i have that very same conversation with myself. everyday. multiple times.
i go to bed frustrated a lot.
I thought Sarcastic Orgasm opened for Placenta last year?
Man, I just canNOT keep up.
Papa Goose… here’s your answers:
Splinters on my Tongue seems to be a non-band (and the search brings up something about Fiberglass woes @ Jerrysworld)
Sarcastic Orgasm, a D.C. based band, had a song on a compilation album called “forum letter”
Placenta… God only knows, but I can’t look at any more umbilical cords
Smashmouth… never heard of ‘em. Just Kidding.
Kaycee… too much free time.
Wow, that’s kind of cool. I did take the name Sarcastic Orgasm from a band I found in my days as a college DJ, but it was just some old album I found in the stacks, and that was years ago. I’m amazed they even show up on a Google search now.
Doh! Well, Greggers, if you ever need the entire album, just let me know.
Club Tropicana, it’s a breeze…
That’s the way to do it, Greg. Find really obscure bands from the 70s/80s/90s that you know were never signed and are preferably broken up now. Then when people ask about them, they’ll feel extra lame for not having heard of the band back then, and now it’s too late!
nota bene: avoid bands like Fountains of Wayne who were relatively unknown in the mid-nineties then suddenly pop-up for a Best New Artist Grammy nearly a decade later.